On Political Expediency and Health Care Reform
In a new column for Kaiser Health News, I point out a strange turn that our debates over health care have taken: Once...
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Orszag and Klein vs. Ryan
And so we have finally arrived at the heart of the matter. In recent days, Peter Orszag, the now-former Director of the...
A Mid-Year Update on the President’s Plan to Spend, and Then Tax, in Epic Proportions
Peter Orszag, the president’s outgoing Director of the Office of Management and Budget, released the annual...
The Debt Commission and Obamacare
The president’s debt commission had its first meeting this week, and all of the talk was of getting serious about...
Obamacare is a Budgetary Disaster
Congressman Paul Ryan’s systematic dismantling of the argument that Obamacare would cut the budget deficit,...
Debating Cost-Control
In my latest column for Kaiser Health News, I examine competing claims about the health care legislation now in...
Rahm Emanuel vs. Obamacare
Obamacare is predicated on the assumption that the federal government has the knowledge, capacity, and will to drive...
The Central-Planning Conceit
This weekend, House Democrats are planning to pass two health-care bills. One is a sweeping plan that would shift...
The President’s Reckless and False Health Care Claim
It’s now a clear pattern. When the president senses his position is vulnerable to a factual criticism, he asserts...
Not Reform, and Not Change Either
The Obama administration began the year promising fundamental reforms in health care to “bend the...